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Linguistics, the systematic study of human language, lies at the crossroads of the humanities and the social sciences, drawing on a special combination of intuition and rigor that the analysis of language demands.
Linguist John McWhorter will offer a talk Nov. 2 at Cornell University as part of the College of Arts & Science's America250 events. McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, is the author of “Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now and Forever” and “Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed…
An exhibit on endangered languages and language revitalization efforts opens Oct. 22 at Cornell University Libraries. Supported by the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Linguistics, the exhibit highlights five threatened languages.
Smoke dancers, ASL poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events at Cornell University Oct. 15-Nov. 6 that celebrates the importance of language throughout U.S. history.
In this hands-on workshop designed for ASL educators, sessions will focus on the selection and use of assessment tools, calibration processes, identification of iimplementation flaws, fairness in grading, and the development of clear and meaningful rubrics in assessing ASL students’ skills.
Graduate students connected to Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences departments — history, linguistics, Asian studies, history of art and visual studies, government, comparative iiterature, Romance studies and music —have received Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies East Asia Program fellowships and grants for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Nianpo Su, Ph.D. '26, Accepts Lecturer position at Columbia University
Location: Kroch Library, Asia Collections Exhibit Space
Location: Kroch Library, Asia Collections Exhibit Space
Location: Kroch Library, Asia Collections Exhibit Space
Location: Kroch Library, Asia Collections Exhibit Space
Location: Kroch Library, Asia Collections Exhibit Space
Location: Kroch Library, Asia Collections Exhibit Space
Discover how language impacts the theory and practice of law. Topics include: origins of legal language, linguistics in the courtroom, plagiarism and language rights. This course also introduces areas of linguistics such as syntax, semantics, pragmatics and sociolinguistics, which explicate a wide range of legal matters where both spoken and written language come to fore.